This year's "Tower Guardian" still had to defend his position for another month before he could claim the year's tournament championship.
During that time, the "Tower Guardian" could not refuse a challenge from anyone who qualified. Otherwise, he would be considered to have forfeited the title.
However, Renato had no time to play "games" with these young noblemen in the Combat Tower. His time was precious, and every moment had to be put to good use.
Sword training, language studies, commissioned tasks...
Not to mention that the Holy Day Festival was less than four months away. He had to make thorough preparations before then.
Under the official procedure for challenging the "Tower Guardian," a challenger first had to defeat the Student Chiefs of all four years before earning the right to duel Renato.
The Student Chiefs were the finest drow students in each year, elected by a vote. Both family background and talent were essential. Only after defeating them could a challenger step onto the raised platform and face the "Tower Guardian."
Thus, to keep the tournament championship while saving time, Renato came up with a marvelous idea.
If I kill all four Student Chiefs, won't their absence create a loophole in the rules that makes it impossible for anyone to challenge me?
It would also give him another chance to indulge in some fighting and see whether the other students at the Combat Tower were all as useless as Kaino.
Yet even when Renato openly provoked them, none of the four Student Chiefs dared step forward to fight.
After all, even the youngest son of the immensely wealthy Fryce Family had died instantly at the hands of this towering "Black Blade." Even the most conceited drow nobles recognized the unbridgeable gulf between them.
Once they realized that "Black Blade"